ˈput-you-up
Also Put-u-up.
[f. phr. to put up: see put v.1 56 o (a).]
A sofa or settee which can be converted into a bed. Also attrib.
The form Put-u-up is a proprietary term.
| 1924 Trade Marks Jrnl. 20 Aug. 1898 Put-u-up... Settees convertible into bedsteads. Greaves & Thomas,..London,..manufacturers. 1948 G. V. Galwey Lift & Drop viii. 206 He did have a ‘Put-u-up’ in the office for firewatching. 1966 M. Cronin Jump Gun iv. 45, I found some blankets, wrestled with the put-u-up and coaxed it into some semblance to a couch. 1966 A. E. Lindop I start Counting i. 14 The sofa was one of those big double⁓bed Put-U-Ups. 1973 Country Gentlemen's Mag. Mar. 180/2 (heading) Fitted cabin trunk..ideal service cadet or world rover, {pstlg}12. Or exchange settee Put-u-Up bed. 1973 Country Life 22 Mar. 753/1 A sofa bedstead (an early form of put-you-up). 1978 Morecambe Guardian 14 Mar. 9/2 Besides traditional beds, there are the convertible put-you-up types which are essential when space is short. |